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IntroducedOct 28, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 21, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Family and Law Enforcement Protection Act
Summary
Comments on HB 83
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 89
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Ebersole
- Korman
- Rogers
- Taylor
- Acevero
- Feldmark
- Lewis
- Rosenberg
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Fennell
- Lopez
- Ross
- Toles
- Amprey
- Foley
- Martinez
- Ruff
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Forbes
- McCaskill
- Ruth
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Mireku-North
- Sample-Hughes
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Guyton
- Moon
- Schindler
- Watson
- Behler
- Guzzone
- Moreno
- Schmidt
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Harrison
- Odom
- Shetty
- White Holland
- Boyce
- Healey
- Palakovich Carr
- Simmons
- Wilkins
- Cardin
- Hill
- Pasteur
- Simpson
- Williams
- Chang
- Holmes
- Patterson
- Smith
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Ivey
- Phillips
- Solomon
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Johnson, A.
- Pruski
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Coley
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Stein
- Wu
- Conaway
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Stewart
- Young
- Crutchfield
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
- Cullison
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Taveras
NO: 32
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Judicial Proceedings
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (89-32)
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- Favorable with Amendments {403827/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Jan 16, 2026 | House
- Hearing 1/29 at 2:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Judiciary
- Oct 28, 2025 | House
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Delegate Bartlett, Delegate Bartlett
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Alana (Court Watch Montgomery-submitting written testimony as the Executive Director of this organization.)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Watts, Lydia (Rebuild, Overcome, and Rise (ROAR) Center at UMB)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Richards, Elizabeth (Montgomery County's Commission for Women)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Hausner, Deena (House of Ruth Maryland)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Herren, Karen
- JUD Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Sampson, Kelly (Brady)
- JUD Testimony, UNF -- Wright, Cathy
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Morgan, Jessica (Maryland Legislative Agenda for Women (MLAW))
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Thomas, Sophia
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Cintron, Rachel (Women's Democratic Club of Montgomery County)
- JUD Testimony, INFO -- Vormelker, Will (Maryland Judiciary)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Feinstein, Debbie (Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Blacklow, Roger (Legislative Advocacy Committee of Leisure World Democratic Club)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Sokolow, Cynthia
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Lattimer, MSSW, MPH, Deborah (UULM-MD)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Blank, Emily
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- OMalley, Catherine (Women's Law Center)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Zeller, Eileen (None)
- JUD Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ruth, Laure (Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Lynch, Meghan (Maryland Department of Health)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- jimenez, nayla (Team ENOUGH)
- JUD Testimony, FWA -- Jordan, Lisae C (Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA))
- JUD Testimony, UNF -- Weber, John (National Rifle Association)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Greten, Layla (Team ENOUGH and Baltimore County Commission for Women)
- JUD Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Josselyn, John (2A Maryland)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Kenah, Mary (Everytown for Gun Safety)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- JUD Testimony, UNF -- Lang, Alan
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Jones, Dana (Women Legislators of Maryland)



